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-No. 542,807. Patented July 16, 1895.

llllllllll i UNITED STATES i PATENT .EETCE GEORGE B. QUIGLEIQOF BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA.

COVER FOR JARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters 'Patent N0. 542,807, dated July 16, 1895.

Application tiled March 29, 1895. Serial No. 543,69L (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. QUIGLEY, a v

citizen of the United States, residing atBraddock, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers for Jars, Crooks, 85o., of which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is to provide a combined cover and handle for crocks, jars, and such like vessels, whereby when the cover and its fastening devices are in place the whole structure may be carried by means of the handle, and which by easy manipulation may be changed so that the cover may be removed.

A structure embodying my said invention will be Erst fully described, and the novel featuresthereof then pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ordinary shallow earthenware jar or pan provided with a cover and fastening devices embodying my said invention with said devices in their closed-in or fastened position; Fig. 2, a similar view with the fastening devices raised and the cover ready to be removed; Fig. 3, a topvor plan view with the Yparts in the position shown in Fig. l; Fig. 4, a central sectional view on the dotted line 4 4 in Fig.

3; Fig. 5, a perspective view similar to Fig. 2,-

illustrating an alternative construction; and Fig. 6 a fragmentary view showing' the construction illustrated in-Fig. 5, but otherwise similar to a portion of. Fig. 4.

In said drawings the portions marked A represent 'the vessel to which my invention is to be applied; B, the cover; C, a clampingspider or fastening device, and D the handle. The vessel A may be any ordinary vessel having an offset ring, rim, or projection of any kind, as at a-such as a crock, jar, or other earthenware vessel. That illustrated is a comparatively shallow vessel, being an earthen crock or pan.

The coverB in itself is a plain cover adapted to iit over the top of the vessel A and may be of any suitable material-such as wood. It carries on its outer edges spring-catches h, whichare adapted to extend down alongside the vessel to below the offset or rim or depression thereon and when forced inwardly by any means to engage with said rim or offset, so that said cover and the vessel are thereby connected together, whereby when the cover is lifted by means of the handle the vessel will also be lifted. The engaged position is illustrated in Figs. l, 4, and 6 and the disengaged position particularly by Figs. 2 and 5. These catches are preferably formed of spring metal, and so formed that they will normally stand in disengaged position until forced in'by the clamping or fastening device C.

The clamping or fastening device C has several arms, (four are shown,) and may have as many or as few as may be desired. c of these arms extend down vertically, and in the form shown in Figs. l to 4, inclusive, carry a ring C thereon, which comes in contact with the spring-catches b on the cover B and force them into engagement with the rim or offset a on the vessel A. In the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the spring-catches b and spider-arm ends c are arranged to register, so that the ring C is dispensed with. The handle D is secured to the cover B centrally and passes also yup through the center of the fas- The ends tening device C. As shown most plainly in Figs. 4 and 5', a recess is cut in one side of the middle part of said spider, and said handle is hinged to fold down into said recess, so that when folded said handle .forms also a lock for said fastening device.

This whole device isvery simple and forms a very convenient means whereby vessels of the character indicated can be handled and carried and their covers removed and securely IOO 2. The combination of a vessel A, a cover through an opening therein, and adapted t0 B having catches thereon, a clamping or fasbe folded :md thus lock said clamping or fastening device C, and a handle D secured to said cover and passing through an opening in the center of said clamping device, Whereby the latter is guided or held in place, substantially'as shown and described.

3. The combination of a vessel, a cover thereto, catches on said covei1 adapted to engage with said vessel, a clamping device C adapted to Operate said catches, a hinged handle D secured to said cover and passing Lening device, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Braddock, Pennsylvania, thisk 21st day of March, A. D. 1895.

GEORGE B. QUIGLEY. [L

Witnesses:

HUGH E. SHIELDS, R. S. MAGGINL 

